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The invention
No one person invented cinema. However, in 1891 the Edison Company successfully demonstrated a prototype of the Kinetoscope, which enabled one person at a time to view moving pictures. -
The first public apperearence
The first time the Kinetoscope was seen in public was in 1893. -
Popularity grew
In 1894 there were Kinetoscopes that were viewed around the world. -
Moving pictures
The first to present projected moving pictures to a paying audience were the Lumière brothers in December 1895 in Paris, France. They used a device of their own making, the Cinematographer, which was a camera, a projector and a film printer all in one. -
The industry got popularity from across the world
By 1914, several national film industries were established. At this time, Europe, Russia and Scandinavia were the dominant industries. Films became longer and storytelling, or narrative. -
high demand
In the 1930's the cinema business was thriving with high demand. -
More colors
In 1932 filming industries added a color scheme of three to movies. -
Attendance grew
In Britain, the highest attendance occurred in 1946, with over 31 million visits to the cinema each week. -
New technology
In 1952, the Cinerama process, using three projectors and a wide, deeply curved screen together with multi-track surround sound, was premiered. -
Less popular
In the next 30 years audiences dwindled. By 1984 cinema attendances in Britain had declined to one million a week. -
New inventions and adjustments
The filming industries made more sales by making more available movies and more adjustments to their equipment.